Morocco: Authorities Urged to Free Sahrawi Journalist on Hunger Strike
Apr 03, 2021
Reporters Without Borders has issued an urgent appeal to Moroccan authorities to free journalist Mohamed Lamin Haddi. The physical condition of Haddi was of extreme concern, as he is being now force fed after having been on a hunger strike for 78 days. Further, his prison conditions pose a separate source of concern.
Haddi had been sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2013 but had been held in Rabat’s Tiflet prison since November 2010. He was tried by military court along with other Sahrawi activists. He was charged with “violence with intent to kill officials carrying out their duties.” However, an international observer described the trial as a “wretched spectacle,” and said that Haddi had been denied the right to due process.
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Why are foreign journalists fleeing China?
The Committee to Protect Journalists has said the increasing departures of journalists shows China has a lot to hide. Beijing s toughening crackdown might force international audiences to consume Chinese state-media. The exodus gives China the opportunity to widely circulate state-run media
At least 20 journalists have been expelled or forced to leave China since last year, the Foreign Correspondents Club of China has said.
The club says Beijing deploys intimidation tactics as part of efforts to obstruct the work of foreign reporters.
Louisa Lim, an award-winning journalist and a senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne, says there is more to the narrative than just journalists being kicked out.